Explore the Family Name Lafevers

The meaning of Lafevers

Variant of Lafever and Lefevers, surnames of French origin, with the addition of excrescent -s, a common feature of Americanized surnames.

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How common is the last name Lafevers in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Lafevers saw a marginal decrease in popularity between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it was ranked as the 46,839th most popular last name, but by 2010, it fell slightly to the 48,060th position, marking a change of -2.61%. However, the count of individuals bearing this surname increased from 427 in 2000 to 440 in 2010, a growth of 3.04%. Despite this growth, the proportion of people with the Lafevers surname per 100,000 decreased by 6.25% over the decade.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#46,839	#48,060	-2.61%
Count	427	440	3.04%
Proportion per 100k	0.16	0.15	-6.25%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Lafevers

In terms of ethnicity, the data from the Decennial U.S. Census reveals that the majority of individuals with the Lafevers surname identified as White in both 2000 and 2010, though there was a slight decrease from 95.08% to 93.86% over the decade. The second most common ethnic identity was of those who identified as belonging to two or more races, which saw an increase from 2.11% in 2000 to 2.95% in 2010. The census data also indicates a new appearance of Hispanic identification within this surname group, growing to 1.59% in 2010 from zero in 2000. Meanwhile, no individuals with this surname identified as Asian/Pacific Islander or Black in either year, and the proportion identifying as American Indian and Alaskan Native dropped to zero in 2010 from 1.41% in 2000.

	2000	2010	Change
White	95.08%	93.86%	-1.28%
Two or More Races	2.11%	2.95%	39.81%
Hispanic	0%	1.59%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	1.41%	0%	0%